Former chief construction adviser Paul Morrell has been appointed to review the UK’s industry training boards, including the CITB. Robert Halfon, minister for apprenticeships and skills, announced the review today ...

Neil McArthur, global chief executive of construction consultancy Arcadis, has left the company over “a difference of opinion” about the firm’s future. McArthur’s departure follows a sharp fall in earnings ...

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has tasked the UK Accreditation Service (UKAS) with establishing a new certification scheme to show that companies comply with Level 2 ...

Refurbishing an historic library at Oxford University's Magdalen College was a delicate process. Steve Burgess, regional director at Stepnell, talks to CM. Describe the project An extension and refurbishment to ...

The government has announced updated plans for the apprenticeship levy. The Department for Education announced today long-awaited details on apprenticeship funding rates and how the levy will work, with the ...

Construction firm Mace has teamed up with Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) to help promote the Construction Logistics and Community Safety (CLOCS) standard by fleet operators outside London. Mace and ...

Body asked by Department for Business to establish common way of achieving Level 2 accreditation. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has tasked the UK Accreditation Service (UKAS) ...

Plans for at least 225,000 homes across Greater Manchester, including some on green belt land, have been revealed. The Greater Manchester Spatial Framework (GMSF) scheme identifies sites for housing developments ...

Morgan Sindall and Bournemouth council have unveiled plans to rejuvenate the town’s famous Winter Gardens with a £150m mixed-use scheme. The plans have been put forward by the Bournemouth Development ...

Police arrested London boss of Barratt Developments Alastair Baird this morning, alongside a former Barratt employee following a probe into contract awards. Baird, who is regional managing director for London ...

Britain’s largest contractor has warned that stopping the free movement of labour across Europe could send costs spiralling and delay mega-projects like HS2 and the nuclear new build programme. Setting ...

Cardy Construction, which went into administration in August, owed £18.1m to creditors, a report from administrator RSM Restructuring has revealed. The sum is more than £4m above the figure provided ...

The UK government funded the Garden Bridge project against official advice, the National Audit Office has found. In a highly critical report, the NAO said the controversial £175m proposed footbridge, ...

Rainscreen cladding is subject to stringent fire regulations, especially on buildings higher than 18m. Adrian Pargeter, head of technical, Kingspan Insulation, explains what the regulations are and the routes to ...

Following representations from construction body the Specialist Engineering Contractors’ (SEC) Group, a revised statutory guidance has now been issued to clarify the start point of 30-day payment clauses within construction ...

Construction group Interserve has decided to keep its equipment services business RMD Kwikform following a strategic review which began in February. The group announced that following an eight-month review process ...

Seven London councils have come together to launch anew scheme that will help long-term unemployed start a new career in the construction sector. The Borough ESF Employment Construction Careers programme ...

Cross-bred miscanthus has structural and environmental capabilities, reports Stephen Cousins Researchers in Wales have developed a more sustainable form of straw bale construction using a hybrid grass they say could ...

Contractor Wates has launched a new housing development arm called Wates Residential. The announcement follows the separation of the group’s new-build housing division and its social housing maintenance business, which ...